They are on billboards and on TV, on buses and on radio. They pop up online and dot the pages of this newspaper. Advertisements are the driving force in today’s consumer culture, and while they may be ...

(AP) -- Apple is buying the mobile advertising company Quattro Wireless. It's a bet on the future of cell phone ads and steps up competition with rival Silicon Valley powerhouse Google. Financial ...

Numerous factors have limited the growth of cell-phone advertising. Chief among those factors has been the reticence of carriers to allow ads to appear alongside news, sports and other information ...

Cell phone advertising has the potential to plague consumers in ways similar to "spam" on the Internet, according to a new study by an Oregon State University researcher. In a recent issue of the ...